Cellular Automata
Click any of the pics above, or simply refresh the page for a random load. Place your mouse over the applet space which appears below. The patterns are created by cellular automata: algorithms which use simple rules to generate complexity. A brief explanation of how they work can be found here. The pictures above are just links to my favourites - there are quite a few more which will randomly load on refresh.
Most of the cellular automata applets on this page are modified slightly from Paul Saretok, whose home page is at http://www.abstractvoid.se/ca The ones that load automatically are written by George Maydwell.
